People need people. Even introverts need people. Yup I said it. Maybe it doesn't seem like it, but let's face it everyone deserves to be loved and needs to feel love, compassion and even companionship. The last two years have been so hard for so many people. Families have been separated and torn apart. Friends were restricted to not being face to face. Businesses were not face to face with their clients. People were and many still are working from home, alone.
A beloved introvert said to me the other day, I don't think Covid was good for me. What he meant was that he liked being with people even less than he did before. Social media and the divisive nature of our society doesn't help that at all. The number of people judging people and rejecting people for personal beliefs of all sorts is unprecedented.
Your village, or your community could be a group of friends, your church, your co-workers, your neighbors or even your family. Your village/community does not have to be huge; it can be a few trusted people in your lives. If you have been a part of a community and felt that support and love, you know exactly what I mean.
When you lose that community, or have to leave that community, you may not realize the hole in your life. Trust me, it is there.
We recently ran into a couple that was part of a former village/community for my family. It had been probably 10 years since I had seen them. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL to see them. It triggered a lot of memories.
As we chatted, we found out they were still part of the physical location that is that community, but they felt over the years the community had been destroyed by its' current leadership. It broke my heart. At the same time, it made me realize that I was missing that community. I was missing that village. The people, yes, but more the feeling, the comfort, the trust that these people would have your back if you needed it.
If you have that community anywhere, hold on to it. It is precious. It is important.
It appears it may be time to go on a soul-searching adventure. I need to find that sense of community again. Maybe I can bless someone else that also is feeling that they are without community.
